Pokémon and Ponies
#19-Dreams
The beautiful and calm skies of the Sinnoh Region. Spreading out even in the cities and towns. Today, Twilight Sparkle returns the book she borrowed from Canalave Library. The Origin of the Pokemon World that is.
"Hello. I'm here to return the book. I hope I'm not overdue." She said to the librarian.
"Right on time, missy." The librarian replied.
"Thank you." Twilight placed the book back where she found it. Until another book caught her eye. Dozens actually.
"Veilstone's Myth," "Sinnoh Folk Stories," "Sinnoh Region's Mythology" "The Eeveelution Enigma," "Regi-Ruins." Countless of them to take and learn more about the Pokemon World.
"Wow! These are great as well!" She used her magic to pick up the books, heading to the librarian. "Mind if I borrow these as well?"
"That's a lot this time. I'll expect them back in at least 4 weeks."
"I'll bring them back at that time!"
"You know, missy. You seem to be highly interested in our world's history."
"Well of course. I already know a lot about my world. It doesn't hurt to know about this one as well. Plus it has much more going for it than my own! Uh don't tell anypony I said that..."
"I see. Well if you really want to go above and beyond with knowledge of the Pokemon World... then try this book." The librarian gave her a book titled 'The Aura'."
"The Aura?"
"Yes. You'll learn a lot about this world's natural life force. Aura."
"Interesting." Twilight took the book, leaving the library and returning through the gateway to Golden Oaks.
"Welcome back Twilight. Woah. You got a lot of new books." Spike greeted her back.
"Mincinno!"
"The Pokemon World is huge. Apparently, there are a total of 1209 Pokemon species. And each of them has millions upon up millions, possibly even transcending the billions of their species. Countless of them roaming the skies, the sea and the land. Well.. minus Legendaries. Apparently, they're one a kind."
"Great Twilight. I kinda gotta tell you something quickly. The Pokemon house. It's almost complete."
"I'll be there to see it. By the way, have you seen Ash recently?"
"Well get this! He caught a Dragon-type Pokemon called Dragonite at someplace called Dragonite Island! Its the coolest!" Spike had gone to visit these islands with Ash and also Goh. Seeing all those Dragon-Types made him happy.
"He caught a dragon? That sounds like him to do something insane like that."
"You should come and meet it! It's super friendly! The hugs it gives are so warm.!
"Thanks, Spike. But I got some books to read."
"Alright! I'll see you at the Pokemon House." Spike headed out with Mincinno as both Twilight and Owlicious were the only ones left.
The Pokemon House. An idea sprouted in Fluttershy's head had come into fruition. It was as big as she imagined it being. Rooms and places for all Pokemon to be in, regardless of the type. Everypony, Pokemon and human had arrived to see the completion as they had helped make this happen.
"Looks great Fluttershy!"
"Pika!"
"Thanks, Ash. All of you. You all made this happen." Fluttershy said, smiling.
"Now everypony. I can thankfully say that the Pokemon House is now open!" Mayor Mare said, cutting a ribbon to declare this place open to all. They all cheered as the Pokemon that were hanging out in Fluttershy's area had decided to venture this newfound house.
"This is wonderful." Celestia had arrived along with Passion. She caught news of this big Pokemon House project.
"Princess Celestia!" Fluttershy said.
"I can see that this will be great for all Pokemon who come here to our world. And it seems like a nice relaxation spot."
"Ralts.."
"Thank you. I had to make sure that no Pokemon felt neglected and alone. It all paid off."
"Yeah. And it looks like Pikachu wants to have a go at it too. Right buddy?" Ash talked to his partner.
"Pikachu!"
"Then in that case. Dragonite can join in as well!"
"Dragonite?" Fluttershy and Celestia said in unison.
"Come on out, Dragonite!" Ash tossed his Pokeball into the air, sending out the Dragon Pokemon. Dragonite.
"Oh my! You caught a dragon Ash?!" Rarity said.
"Yeah. Me, Goh and Spike went to the Dragonite Islands. The Dragonair there were learning to fly, which evolved them further. However, one of them couldn't fly. So I decided to help the lone Dragonair by having it use Dragon Dance to master its wings. And ever since, it evolved and became attached to me. So I caught it." Ash explained.
"How sweet of you Ash," Celestia said, responding to that heart-warming tale. Dragonite had suddenly hugged, Ash, Pikachu, Celestia, Fluttershy and Ralts at the same time.
"Oh yeah.. and it's a big hugger by the way."
"Pikapi.."
"How warm..." Fluttershy and the others melted in Dragonite's warm hugs.
"Ralts..."
"Oooh! I want a hug too!" Pinkie wanted that same feeling. Dragonite went over to hug Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie as well as they melted in it too. "Oh yeah. These are the best kind of hugs..."
Pikachu hopped off Ash's shoulder, going over the house. Water Type Pokemon had made themselves comfortable by claiming the water. Some Pokemon had formed groups of some sorts.
One group, in particular, was led by a Krokorok. This Desert Croc Pokemon was leading the charge of all Ground-Type Pokemon. Another was a group of Flying-Types who laid in the highest point of the house. Led by a Pidgeot, they made nests for themselves.
"It all seems to be going well. What about any food though?" Celestia asked.
"How do plums sound? That one pony sells a lot of em." Ash recommended.
"Oh, you mean Mirabelle. Her family do have a lot of plums. Applejack's family does have close connections to them." Fluttershy replied.
"Ain't that right. But we got lots of food. I got some different apple foods from my family. They wanted to pitch in as well." Applejack said.
"Did we forget about anything important?" Rainbow Dash wondered.
"Hmm. Nope. Everything seems to be in place. No Pokemon type is excluded. All 18 types of areas for all 18 types. Fluttershy, you've done it again!" She said, feeling proud of herself.
Just then from the bushes afar, Team Rocket had been peeking out.
"Well, would you look at that? It's a buffet!" Jessie said quietly.
"A Gourmet Grab for sure!" Jessie replied.
"Hang on!" Meowth stopped them for a bit. "We gotta think about this for a sec. We're Zecora's pupils. And if she finds out we've been bagging beasts, who knows what freaky voodoo she'll do on us!"
"You're right. And considering the top-pony Celestia's here and more present that big-time rulers...the odds are against us. What do you think James?"
"Hm. I say we join in on this Pokemon House without causing any trouble or snatching any Pokemon."
"Gasp! A Team Rocket plan without no Pokemon snatching?! It's unheard of!" They both said.
"Wobbuffet!"
"We won't be going as Team Rocket of course. Time for our expert disguises..."
Back at Golden Oak, Twilight has just now learned about Aura.
"The living essence of all living beings. Those with immense aura lying within them are known as Aura Guardians. They have perfect and full control over the aura, being able to not only sense others but even read minds, create barriers or attacks and they can activate these mysterious flowers known as Time Flowers." Twilight read.
"Amazing. Aura might be just as grand as magic. But how can you tell if somepony is an Aura Guardian? And how come I haven't been able to sense Aura? If its the natural life-force then I can probably sense in Pokemon mostly." Twilight had gone over to her Minccino, Minccy, holding her fluffy cheeks to try and see if she can tap into the Aura.
"Ccino..." Minccy was getting worried and bit a confused right now.
"Hmmm..." Twilight had concentrated with such focus in her eyes. She wanted to see if this Aura thing was the real deal. But she got nothing. "Ugh. Nothing. Maybe I'm just not brimming with Aura like these Aura Guardians. But what makes them gain such a huge overflow of it?"
She continued reading as she saw an important piece of history about Aura.
"What's this now? A legendary Aura Guardian by the name of Sir Aaron, who took a Lucario as his apprentice and became a hero when sacrificed himself to stop to a war from destroying the area around the Tree of Beginning. A war happened? Tree of Beginning. And what is a Lucario?" Twilight had to know more. She kept on reading until she came across the page describing Lucario.
"There. Lucario. The Aura Pokemon. Lucario is the only known Pokemon in existence that has a powerful connection to Aura. Because of this, they are the only Pokemon that have this connection, they only go to humans with powerful aura connections as well. However, the Aura Guardians mysteriously vanished one day, leaving barely any trace. This has made Lucario's harder to find or even their pre-evolution, Riolu. Amazing. These guardians just up and vanished without a trace in the world. And this Lucario Pokemon must be incredibly rare. Wonderful!"
Twilight had learned a lot about Aura, the natural life-force of the Pokemon World. Then she thought for a bit."
"Hold on. It would make sense if I can't access aura here in my world. But if I went to the other world..."
Back at the Pokemon House, everypony was relaxing along with the Pokemon enjoying themselves. Celestia's Ralts, Passion was also with the Pokemon along with other humans' Pokemon. They were all basking in this great sunlight today.
"Ah. I feel at ease this way." Rarity said with some shades on, sitting on her couch that she somehow always brings with her.
"Yeah...The air today feels pretty smooth for some reason." Rainbow replied.
"That would be the Flying Types.. certain ones." Just when it seemed like mostly everyone was here, Brock had appeared.
"Brock? You're here too!?" Ash said.
"Pika-chu?!"
"Yeah. Thought I'd come over to visit. I'm away from the Pokemon Nursey for today so it wouldn't hurt to take a break here. But I didn't come alone of course."
"Hm?" Ash wondered who else was here. From behind him, without him even knowing, a familiar girl with her Piplup snuck up behind Ash. Rarity was going to tell Ash but Pinkie made her be quiet. After all, she knows that you must never ruin a surprise. The familiar girl's fingers tapped Ash's shoulder as he turned around to find no one. The girl had turned around to avoid Ash. They had been in this situation before back in Unova. Ash would turn around while she would keep hiding from him.
"This feels familiar..."
"Pika.."
"It should." The familiar blue-haired girl said.
"Piplup." Ash turned around to see her old friend who she travelled in the Sinnoh Region with. Dawn.
"Dawn!"
"Pika-ka!"
"Long time no see Ash!"
"Pip-Piplup!" To greet each other, they did their signature High Five. They never forgot it once.
"So you're here in this other world too. In Ponyville."
"Yep. I couldn't miss out on all of THIS!"
"You two know each other?" AJ said.
"Of course! Me and Dawn travelled around the entire Sinnoh Region together. Along with Brock who started with me back in Kanto and onwards. We've been friends for a long time."
"Gee Ash. You sure hold a lot of mysteries." Fluttershy gushed.
"I don't hold that many mysteries..."
"So Ash. I heard you become the Champion of Alola. Congrats!"
"Thanks. You should totally visit Alola too you know."
"Do they have contest halls?"
"Well no. Not really... but they do have amazing resorts and beaches. Can't go wrong with that!"
"Pika-Pi!"
All of a sudden, there was a bit of conflict going on in the house. Two Pokemon weren't hitting it off. A Loudred, which was known for having a big voice was currently getting on the nerves of a Hattrem. A Pokemon that was not big on noise.
"Hattrem!" The Serene Pokemon yelled, trying to keep that Loudred quiet. However, that wasn't working since Loudred kept making noise. It couldn't help it really, it was in its genes. So out of frustration, Hattrem hit Loudred' right in its big open mouth with the braids on its head.
"What's going on over there?!" Fluttershy was worried about the current conflict.
"Who's that Pokemon? I've never seen it before." This was new to Ash as he got out his dex.
"Hattrem. The Serene Pokemon. No matter who you are, if you bring strong emotions near this Pokemon, it will silence you violently. Using the braids on its heads, it pummels foes to get them to quiet down. One blow from these braids would knock out a professional boxer." The dex said. This entry was a bit unexpected. Something that small and cute can do that?
"That explains it. It's not a big fan of Loudred. They can't help it though."
"What do we do? We have to stop this." Hattrem wouldn't let go of Loudred's mouth as the Big Voice Pokemon felt like it was choking, moving around as Hattrem followed.
"Hattrem. Please let go of Loudred's mouth." Fluttershy pleaded. Hattrem had listened to the shy pegasus, removing her braids from the Normal-Type Pokemon's mouth. "Now, all we have to do is solve this. Hattrem. You're not a fan of Loudred making so much noise now are you?"
"Hattrem."
"And Loudred. You're not a fan of Hattrem shoving her braids in your mouth."
"Loudred." Loudred replied as it made more loud noises. Hattrem was getting more riled up as Fluttershy held her back.
"This is a problem. Loudred can't help it. It just makes loud noises naturally. It is the Big Voice Pokemon after all." Brock said.
"But Hattrem doesn't feel fine with all that noise. What do we do?" Dawn replied.
"Hmm. Loudred is with all the Normal-Type Pokemon specifically. Maybe... if we find a spot where it can naturally talk we'll be fine." Rainbow Dash suggested.
"That'll be tough since Loudred kinda likes it here. And I'm not sure the other Pokemon would take kindly to its noise." AJ said.
Loudred made more noise as Hattrem jumped into the air, ready to attack Loudred once more, however, Passion had gotten in the way.
"Passion?" Celestia said.
"Ral-Ralts!" Passion tried to reason with Hattrem.
"Hattrem." Hattrem wasn't having any of it.
"Of course. Hattrem and Ralts are complete opposites of each other. Like Darkrai and Cresselia." Brock explained.
"Really?" Celestia asked.
"Well, it's mostly Ralt's second evolution Kirlia that is the opposite of Hattrem. But both of these two Pokemon and their three evolutions are rivals. Hattena's prefer calm dispositions and fears strong emotions while Ralts is drawn to those with a positive attitude and emotion. Hattrem's hate strong emotions while Kirlia's love trainers with that emotion and they develop a shining beauty. As for Hatterene and Gardevoir... its dangerous territory."
"Why is it dangerous Brock?" Celestia asked him.
"You see... Gardevoir's are fiercely protective of the ones they love. If it's loved one is in danger, it will use the full power of its psychic powers to create a small black hole. Whatever it takes to protect the ones they love. Even giving up their own life. For Hatterene, its a completely different story. It tears others apart once it reads their emotions. Doesn't matter which emotion it is. So its no wonder these two aren't fond of each other."
"Goodness. How can they have so many differences?" Fluttershy and everypony else were shocked at this. They never knew that some Pokemon had rivalries between each other. Celestia was laughing suddenly.
"This reminds me of me and sister. Only it's not as extreme as this."
Passion stood next to Loudred, not bothering to move once. Hattrem was getting annoyed as it accepted that Ralts would not move no matter what. Hattrem walked off, knowing it was defeated.
"Poor thing. I wish it could somehow take loud noises and strong emotions." Rarity sighed.
"It's a shame. Some creatures just don't get along at times. Whether it's what the other does or if its predator or prey." Celestia replied.
"Oh, dear. I have to make some adjustments. So that every Pokemon is happy. That's another week of building."
"No need for that Fluttershy. I may have a solution to all of this. Ash. There are some Pokemon experts at building aren't there?" Celestia said.
"Yeah. Mostly fighting types and some ground and rock types."
"Could you maybe find some that can help make a secluded space for Hattrem."
"You can count on me Celestia."
"Wow! Your mane is amazing!" Dawn was gawking at Celestia's ethereal mane.
"Why thank you."
"That's the mane of a princess. Wonderful isn't it?" Rarity said to Dawn.
"A Princess?!" Dawn yelled. "Oh wow! A real pony princess! And you have both a horn and wings! How beautiful is that?!"
"That's because I'm an Alicorn. Half Unicorn, Half Pegasus and Half-Earth Pony."
"Oooh. You're amazing!"
"You should see her sister." Berry Punch said.
The day went on. Some had gone home to rest after a long day here at the Pokemon House. Team Rocket didn't get the chance to do anything since Zecora had some errands they wanted them to run the minute they got out of the bush. Ash and Dawn did some talking on what they've been up to lately, while Celestia had returned back to Canterlot.
"It's been a long day. That sun's coming down soon." Ash said, looking at the sunset.
"It's beautiful." Fluttershy said.
"So romantic." Rarity followed.
"Eeyup." Big Mac finished off.
"Oh well! Before I head for a rest! I'm in the mood for a battle!" The moment Ash said that... Rufflet had escaped from its Pokeball, eager to accept Ash's challenge.
"Huh? Rufflet?" Rainbow said.
"You wanna battle me Rufflet?"
"Rufflet!"
"I'm not sure about that. Pikachu's a bit out of your league."
"Rufflet! Ruff!" Rufflet still wanted his battle. Meanwhile, Darkrai and Luna had made an appearance.
"Luna. Darkrai. You're here."
"Pikachu!"
"What is all of this?" Luna asked.
"The Pokemon House. Pretty cool huh?" Ash said.
"Hm. Yes.. cool."
"Right now Rufflet wants to fight but I think I'm too strong for him. But! You can train with us."
"He can?" Rainbow butted in.
"Yeah. If you wanna get through the future gym battles much cleaner, you're gonna need some training. Pikachu and I will only focus on using defense rather than offense."
"I'm cool with that. Rufflet and I do wanna get stronger."
"Ruff!"
"Okay, Pikachu. Ready?"
"Pika!"
"Awesome! Rufflet! Wing Attack!"
Rufflet flew in using its glowing wings to hit Pikachu, barely dealing any damage to him and barely making him move.
"I want Rufflet to be much faster! That way he'll outspeed every Pokemon! Fly faster and keep using Wing Attack!" This kept going on for a while as the training continued on.
Night had arrived. Luna raised the moon, Darkrai was hanging out more near the Pokemon House, The Pokemon fell asleep... at least the ones that aren't active at night and the rest of the ponies had also fallen asleep from all the fun they had. Pikachu slept on Fluttershy whilst Dawn and Piplup fell asleep on the belly of a Snorlax. Darkrai and Luna looked over this, seeing how peaceful they are.
"It's nice seeing them like this. But it makes me hate myself more for causing nightmares." Darkrai said to Luna.
"I can understand how that must feel. Being forced to only give nightmares to others... even if you do not mean to." Luna replied. Now she stopped talking with the royal 'We' and talked like everypony else. "But do not let it get you down Darkrai. Now I must head into their dreams. Guarding them against any potential nightmares that may appear."
"Nightmares...Come to think of it. I can still enter another's dream without having to cause nightmares. I'm coming with you."
"Splendid." They had both entered the dream realm, however...
They were unaware of the incoming disaster that was in Everypony, Pokemon and people's dreams.
The Dream World. A world where Princess Luna enters to protect ponies from nightmares. With the assistance of Darkrai, she now has double the help and can protect humans and Pokemon as well. But the two of them were not ready for the pandemonium that would ensue in the Dream World.
"So this is the Dream World." This was Darkrai's first time being in a world like this. He could see the dreams of everyone else and what they come up with whilst in their own state of mind.
"Yes. Everypony's dreams are visible to see. All we have to do is look out for- What is that?!" Luna had noticed something odd in here. To her, it was an unidentified creature. But to Darkrai, this thing looked familiar.
"That Luna.. is a Munna. It's a Pokemon that eat dreams and nightmares."
"Eats dreams and nightmares? That sounds-"
"Not dangerous actually. Munna are harmless. If they eat a dream or nightmare, it doesn't affect anyone. It lets out a pink mist if it eats a happy dream. Although they do forget what their dream was when Munna eats them."
"Oh. Well. It is fine then."
"Yes but not for long." The rift had appeared in the Dream World, here to spice to things up.
"The Rift!" They both said.
"Don't you wonder why a Munna is in here? I sent it here. They can't enter this world by themselves since they eat from the outside. But now they're in the inside."
"What are you planning, Rift?" Luna hissed at the rift.
"In order to make things more interesting... Munna can now influence others dreams. If it eats their dream... not only will it keep that dream... but that person, pony or Pokemon will no longer be allowed to dream ever again. Meaning they can never go to sleep again. Forever awake with no rest. And I also made it so that they all share a dream."
"How horrible! You dare!"
"Relax Luna. This is not out of ill-intent. I just want to see how this will all turn out. It's you two now. Go on Dream Warriors." The rift had vanished from the Dream World.
"We have to stop that Munna creature Darkrai!" Munna had found its first target. The dream of Rainbow Dash's Rufflet. Entering it, it had found itself in the skies.
Dream Sequence 1. Start.
The azure skies. Rufflet stood atop a cloud, looking at the distance. And over that distance, emerged the three Legendary Birds. Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres. They stood before Rufflet as the Eaglet Pokemon eyed them down. They all fired an Ice Beam, Thunderbolt and a Flamethrower combination attack at Rufflet. However, the little bird flew over it and used a move that it cannot even learn. Dragon Pulse. It shot down Articuno with Dragon Pulse, defeating it. This was without a doubt Rufflet's dream. To pick a fight with any Pokemon and to prove it is the best! And right now it was sharing a dream with its trainer, Rainbow Dash.
Dash was standing next to Rufflet, giving it commands as it fought against a horde of Pokemon that had arrived, specifically flying types. The flying types and the legendary birds all attacked the two.
"Go Rufflet!" Rainbow Dash shouted. Rufflet powered through all the flying types in one single dash as it then fired another move it could not use. In fact, only one Pokemon can use this move. V Create. Its head had a burning V on it, crashing into Zapdos, sending it flying away. Rufflet then bit on Moltres's wings as it spun it around, tossing the flaming bird Pokemon into the ground with ease. It had emerged victorious. "Yeah! You showed em!" Rainbow Dash then had millions of trophies at her disposal.
This was a pretty strong dream. What made it so strong is the fact that it was not only a dream but it was something aiming to be achieved in the future. Making it twice as powerful. Munna had decided to go for this one first.
"It'll devour it whole! We can't let that happen!" Darkrai fired a dark void at Munna, however, the Dream Eater Pokemon used Psychic to control the dark void, sending it far away. Luna chased after Munna but was stopped by Psychic as well. The rift has increased the power of Munna greatly to make this interesting. This won't be easy, even for the combined force of an Alicorn and Mythical Pokemon.
"Not good! Rainbow Dash! Move!" Darkrai warned Rainbow to move. Rainbow Dash heard this as she avoided the incoming Munna who was about to chomp on her head.
"What the? What is that thing? Darkrai? Princess Luna? What's going on?"
"Rufflet!"
"It is of grave importance. That creature named Munna eats dreams. If it devours any of your dreams.. you will never be able to sleep or dream again." Luna explained.
"That's horrible!"
"We have to keep it away from everyone no matter what. Its time we head to the next dream. Rainbow Dash. We share dreams right now. Follow us." Darkrai said.
"Right!" Now it was Darkrai, Luna, Rainbow Dash and Rufflet who went on to the next dream.
Dream Sequence 2 Start.
The dream of Brock. Currently being shared by Spike as they were both fighting over one mare. Rarity.
Both of them were in heroic outfits that you would see in fantasy books. And Spike's body has grown to a more muscular and chiselled look. They clashed swords, beginning their fight over Lady Rarity.
"You do not deserve Rarity! She belongs to someone with vast knowledge! Not some child!" Brock bellowed.
"She deserves someone who has been with her and known her much longer!" Spike rebuked. Their swords kept clashing over and over again as Rarity who had unfortunately shared their dream with theirs was watching this from a tall chair.
"This is just pathetic. But endearing really." She said. Munna came flying in, targeting Rarity first.
"Rarity! Look out!" Rainbow Dash cried out. She made it so that she was faster than light itself... this was a dream after all. However, Munna had still outpaced her. How? "No way! Its a dream, how is it faster than my endless speed?!"
Brock and Spike turned around to see Munna reaching Rarity as she was screaming.
"Rarity!" They both said. Putting their differences aside, they both leapt up as their swords grew to the size of mountains. They swung it down towards the Dream Eater Pokemon, however, the swords went through Munna like it wasn't there and instead destroyed the throne Rarity was in. Rarity jumped off the throne as the Munna was about to devour her dreams. Luna used her magic to send Rarity to her, making Munna miss.
"What is happening?! What is this dream?!" Rarity shouted. Munna may have missed Rarity but it didn't miss the next one. The first one to lose their dreams was Spike. Munna had chomped on his head, draining his dreams whole.
"Oh no!" Darkrai cried out. It was too late. Spike's had lost his dreams completely. He was now unable to sleep and dream once more.
In the outside world, Spike had woken up, feeling a bit of shock after what happened.
"W-What happened?! What was I doing just now?" Spike had no idea what to think. He couldn't bring himself to sleep anymore. This wasn't the end of Munna's rampage.
"It has already taken a dream of one. We cannot let it take more!" Luna's horn glowed as she created a force field around everyone else, protecting them.
"I don't see what the big deal is. It's just a Munna. Let it eat dreams. It's harmless." Brock said.
"That would normally be the case. But the Rift has altered Munna's dream eating. If it gets your dream... you will never be able to sleep or dream again." Darkrai explained.
"No way! But why would a Munna do that?!"
"It's not Munna's fault. It is naturally a peaceful Pokemon by nature. It would never do this. The Rift has also changed its actions as well."
"So what do we do, then?" Rainbow asked.
"The only way to combat a dream threat is to dream big of course. However... we may need to dream even bigger to defeat a foe like this." Luna replied.
"That can't be too difficult. Big dreamers are not uncommon really." Rarity said.
"It will be if we can't stop Munna even with the wildest imagination." Darkrai retorted.
Munna had flown off, heading to the next dream as they followed whilst being protected by Luna.
Dream Sequence 3 Start.
Cakes. Millions of cakes. Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolate. Didn't matter. They were all good to the pony who loved them more than anypony else.
Princess Celestia.
She was in a paradise of cakes. Laying in a fountain of them. She had never been so happy before, even if it was a dream.
A single bite was bliss. She flew next to a flock of cakes, chomping on each of them as she went by. She then dived down, heading into a sea of cakes.
But that paradise is being threatened. By a small and cute Pokemon.
"Sister! Look out!" Luna yelled from afar. Celestia looked up as she avoided the incoming Munna who charged in like a rocket.
"Not my cakes!" Munna had powered through the cakes, spreading them apart as it turned around to face Celestia. "What is that thing?! What is happening?!"
"Dream Eater! No time to explain! Dream big!" Rainbow Dash quickly said. To halt the Munna, Rainbow Dash thought of a huge cage that fell into a deep hole underneath. "Yes!" But it didn't last. Munna blew away not just the cage but also the ground and cakes with a powerful psychic wave. "Oh come on!"
"It's growing even more! One of you has to dream of something unparalleled!" Darkrai yelled.
"...I know who most likely has the most absurd dreams! Princess Luna. Can you lead us to Pinkie Pie's dream?" Rarity asked.
"Very well. Stay on sister."
"But what about my cakes?" Luna guided them all to the next dream as Munna had followed them. The Dream Eater Pokemon used Psychic to hold the barrier that they were in, stopping them.
"It's got us in our clutches! What do we do?!" Brock yelled.
"I got this!" Rainbow Dash thought of a huge wind turbulent to blow Munna away. It worked for a little while, giving the group some time to into the next dream. With no time to waste. They were instantly in the next dream. Pinkie Pie's dream. It was exactly how they thought it would be. Sweets, parties and fun everywhere.
"Pinkie Pie! Over here!" Rarity called out.
"Oh, Rarity! Everypony! You here to join in on the fun?"
"No Pinkie Pie! We need you to dream of something absurd and unmatched in order to stop the Dream Eater!"
"What Dream Eater?"
"That one!" They said, pointing at Munna who had just arrived. The Rift looked down watching over this. It was entertaining.. but how it could it be more suspenseful. Just when things couldn't get any worse... The Rift duplicated the amounts of Munna.
"WHAT?!" They all said in unison. All the Munna's scattered, heading to other dreams. With so many around most of the ponies lost their dreams by the roaming Munna's. Even the Pokemon as well, along with some humans.
"I did not expect THIS!" Luna was taken aback.
"What now?! There's too many of them!" Rainbow said. Countless dreams were being stolen. Many waking up in the outside world. Everything was total chaos.
"I...I do not know!" Luna didn't know what to do. She had never dealt with a situation like this. "What do I do?!"
"Luna! You need to focus!" Celestia held her sisters face. "There HAS to be a way to defeat this!"
"There is one solution..." Darkrai said. It was something that he didn't want to do but it might be the only choice. "I shall give the ones who have had their dreams stolen, nightmares."
"Give them nightmares?! Darkrai! You-"
"Munna has already taken their dreams away. They are no longer capable of dreaming or even going to sleep. My Dark Void can change that. I can send them all into a nightmare. It is dangerous. But it is the only thing we can do for now."
"Darkrai is right. We have to do whatever it takes to stop this." Rarity agreed.
"You all focus on saving as many of them as you can. I will be outside." Darkrai floated off, leaving the Dream World.
"Okay. Now... What do we do about this?" Brock said as they now had to deal with all these Munna's.
Munna's had devoured many dreams. Some not even dwelling in Ponyville. It was chaos inside the Dream World. Munna's searching for a dream to eat like a moth pulling itself towards the light. Darkrai had decided to go out and give nightmares to the ones who had their dreams taken. If they are to ever sleep again, it would be best to bestow nightmares on them. It wasn't pleasant and Darkrai hated doing it, but it was the only way anypony could rest until the morning comes.
On the other side, The Dream World, Luna had to figure out how to stop all these Munna's from taking everpony's dreams. But she had assistance in the form of Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Rufflet, Brock, Celestia and Pinkie Pie to help her.
"We have to find a way to contain these things. All of them!" Rarity said.
"We can all think of something to trap them. After all, aren't we each sharing a dream?" Brock suggested.
"Then we will do just that." Rarity replied. They all pitched in to dream of something to contain these little dream eaters. Hard steel boxes, nets larger than houses, vacuum cleaners, tubes, they all dreamt of a way to stop them all. But there was still a staggering amount of them.
In the meantime, Darkrai had been putting others into nightmare states, granting them their sleep back. Darkrai was the only one who could negate Munna's dream eating at this point in time.
Despite all this chaos, there was one individual who was not minding this in the least. Fluttershy. She was sitting on a cloud peacefully. She didn't mind all the noise, all the ponies running from the Munna. Total peace of mind. Rainbow Dash saw her, trying to warn her.
"Fluttershy! No time to be sitting around! You have to help us!"
"But I'm in my state of mind right now, Rainbow Dash. It's always nice to be like whenever I'm dreaming."
"Yeah. Well if you wanna keep that, you'll help us. These Munna are eating everypony's dreams. That means that they won't be able to sleep ever again! Which means YOU won't be able to dream about this for the rest of your life."
That got Fluttershy's attention. She loved dreaming of this every night and she didn't want it to be eaten and taken away from her forever.
"That is a problem. Alright. I'll help. The most important thing, I'll need to know what they love to eat."
"Dreams obviously."
"No no. Like food. Any fruit that they like?"
"Didn't think of that. We can ask Brock. He'll know." Dash flew over to Brock who was fending off a pack of Munna's with a huge Officer Jenny statue. "Hey, Brock!"
"What is it?!"
"Other than dreams, what do Munna like to eat?!"
"Munna's favorite food is Chesto Berries! They love the subtle dryness that- Wait a minute.. of course!" Thanks to Rainbow Dash asking him, Brock came up with an idea. He began dreaming as he turned his Officer Jenny statue into a pile of Chesto Berries. This had caught the attention of the Munna. They all moved away from their targets and towards the berries.
"SO that's what they love as well," Dash said. "Everypony! Use your imagination to dream of these purple fruits! They kinda look like chestnuts." They all took Rainbow Dash's advice as they began dreaming of the Chesto Berries. Soon, the entire area was filled with Chesto Berries. This was a great distraction as it gave everypony time to move away from them.
They all flocked to Luna who cast a protective barrier around them all. That will make sure that the Munna don't get through.
"Phew. That'll keep them occupied for a long time. But we still don't know how to stop them." Pinkie said.
"Our best option might be to wait it out until morning comes. Then we all wake up." A man said.
"No. There are still others out there and they are vulnerable to the Munna. We must hurry." Luna exclaimed.
"Ash and Dawn are still out there. Their dreams are huge so tons of Munna will be pulled in by them." Brock talked about this friends.
"Twilight and Applejack as well. I just hope that they haven't had their dreams eaten yet." Rarity replied.
Speaking of them, currently, their dreams were untouched. Twilight was dreaming about making Celestia proud while Applejack was simply dreaming of her younger years of when she was a little filly. Ash was dreaming about taking part in a global Pokemon League and winning whilst Dawn was dreaming of being the top Coordinator. All of them were unaware of what was happening in the other shared dreams.
The group had all arrived at Applejack's dream first. But all they could see was just normal every day Sweet Apple Acres.
"Hm. This is Applejack's dream. Bit boring if you ask me." Rarity said.
"Where even is she? I can't see anypony. How about you Rufflet?"
"Ruff!"
"Maybe you should look at that..." Brock pointed at the indoors of the barn. Spotting a young little filly through the windows."
"Oh yeah, that's her." Rainbow replied.
"But why is she young? Is this what Applejack dreams of all of the time?" Fluttershy wondered.
"I don't blame her. Ah, the joys of being young again. Being around for 10,000 years can make you miss the younger years." Celestia was reminiscing her youth. Was a bit too far away considering her being an Alicorn.
" Focus, please. We must gather everypony else and protect them. Those Munna might be returning soon once they finish those berries." Luna said as they floated towards young Applejack. The little element of honesty looked up at the group, raising her little small hooves.
"Aww... look at how small she is." Rarity loved how small and cute Applejack was right now.
"Hello!" She greeted them by standing up on her small feet. "What are ya'll doing here?" She said with the same speech pattern as a baby. All bubbly and sounding like she's talking through her tongue.
"Applejack. You might have to come with us. There are these Pokemon called Munna's eating dreams. For your safety." Luna said.
"Okay!" She hopped on Rainbow Dash's mane, sitting there.
"That's Applejack. All that's left is Ash, Pikachu, Dawn and Twilight. Who first?" As Rainbow Dash was wondering which dream is next, the Munna had returned. They had gobbled through the berries in a few minutes, despite how many there were. "No way! How did they get through so many of them?!"
"We have to hurry! Think of more Chesto Berries! This time a lot!" Brock yelled. They dreamt up more Chesto Berries to keep them busy as they advanced onwards to the next dream. Twilight's dream.
However, for Twilight's case... she wasn't dreaming... she was having a nightmare. A nightmare about what Obsidian brought up. The fake friendship. Her fear of leaving Ash and Pikachu once both worlds return to normal was still in her. And how this was all just an alternate universe with different events that play out with different outcomes.
"Twilight? She's having a nightmare instead. But of what?" Rarity wondered as the answers had flown right beside them all. Everypony could see a projection of Obsidian talking to Twilight on that day. They had finally seen the truth. Celestia already knew since Twilight came to tell her, but the others not really. Now that they were exposed to it, they began to worry for their friend. And also wonder how this is all an alternate reality.
"I don't get it. This has all happened before? Are we sure this is not just some crazy dream like the rest?" Rainbow Dash said.
"No. This is what Twilight is fearing and reminiscing. It has already happened and now it is coming back to haunt her." Luna explained.
"So wait. All of this isn't meant to exist? Our worlds crossing over?"
"I'm afraid so, Fluttershy. This just shows how much power The Rift holds." Celestia replied.
"What do we do? Twilight's hit pretty hard with this and she'll never let it go." Rainbow Dash worried,
"That is a solution that will be solved in the outside world in her own way. Right now. We need to focus on saving her from the Munna."
On the outside world, Darkrai had placed all those who had their dreams eaten into nightmare states. The Munna situation had slowed down as time was advancing forward. The morning was closing in. Darkrai was maintaining everything if he saw another wake-up. He looked up at the moon, waiting it out.
"Hurry Luna. The night will be over soon."
The group had engaged in Twilight's dream as Applejack returned back to her normal self to try and comfort her friend.
"Twilight. Twilight!" She called out her. Twilight's eyes opened as she looked up at AJ. "Twilight. You have to come with us. The Dream World's in a bit of danger right about now."
"Applejack... I don't want to lose this friendship I've made with Ash and Pikachu. I don't want it to be fake. I want it to be real-"
"Your friendship with em is real. Right now if you wanna save your friends you gotta come with us to save them before it's too late." "Applejack said.
"Okay..." Luna placed the upset Twilight in the same bubble as the Munna were returning. They had finished the berries much faster this time.
"Impossible! How did they finish through them much fast this time?!" Rarity yelled. They dreamt of more chesto berries but this time, they avoided it.
"They're adapting! They know that it's just a distraction now!" Brock replied. The group were on a race. Luna had to not only solve the Munna problem but also lower the moon soon. They had arrived in the next and final dream. A shared dream. Ash and Dawn's dream.
Right now the two were facing their own challenge. Ash in a league and Dawn in a contest.
"Ash! Dawn!" Pinkie cried out. They both looked up to see the group escaping from a horde of Munna.
"What the?!"
"Pika?!"
The Munna had grown teleported in front of the barrier, using psychic to break it. They have grown smarter and stronger in these past few minutes.
"M-My barrier!" The Munna held the group up with Psychic, ready to devour their dreams.
"My dreams are precious! Don't eat them!" Rarity yelled.
"How am I supposed to come with new recipes!" Pinkie followed.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt!" Ash had stopped the Munna from eating with a thunderbolt. Not just a normal thunderbolt, an amped-up thunderbolt due to this being a dream. "What's up with all these Munna?"
"The Rift changed up the nature of them. Not only that but it made so that when they eat dreams, they prevent you from ever dreaming or sleeping again." Brock explained.
"Seriously?! Well, how do we stop it?"
"That's what we were trying to figure out. So far everything we do has been a bust." Rainbow Dash replied.
"Well to be honest. I think we need to think outside the box for this one." As Ash was talking, the Munna had emerged up once more after recovering from the thunderbolt. Then, the dream eater Pokemon had grown to the size of giants, filling up the stadium.
"Woah nelly." Applejack and the others looked up at the gigantified Pokemon. They were massive in size and now they could snatch up their dreams from an easy distance.
"What now?" Celestia said.
"If they wanna dream big. Then we'll dream big too." Ash began dreaming of absurd things. He dreamt his Pikachu to be much bigger than the Munna's. Pikachu towered over them easily. "Pikachu! Iron Tail!" Pikachu whacked its iron tail on them. The impact made a loud noise due to how large they all were. One Munna was hit into the other, causing a domino effect.
"Nice hit Ash!" Dawn yelled.
"Piplup!"
"What have we been doing? We've been so focused on trying to escape from them and trying to find a way to protect everypony else... we forgot that this was a dream. We can go nuts!" Rainbow Dash said.
"But we have been going as nuts as we can." Fluttershy replied.
"Not nuts enough." Rainbow began thinking as she made herself an Alicorn. "Oh yeah. This will do." Rainbow Dash flew up, blasting away at the Munna. The others pitched in. Soon they all begun dreaming even bigger than they have. Things they never thought they would dream of, at least not yet. Celestia dreamt up a cake fortress where she was completely safe. Fluttershy dreamt up a giant-sized Angel Bunny to protect her. Pinkie Pie made a swarm of cupcakes to ride on and overwhelm the Munna. As the others played their part, Twilight was still on the downside.
"How many minutes left until morning comes?" Ash said.
"Not long. We only have about 9 minutes until I have to raise the sun." Celestia said in her fortress of cakes which were firing loaded cakes.
"Only 9 minutes? Then we'd better do our best to keep them busy."
As everyone was doing their best to hold the Munna off, some of them were starting to wake up. Other ponies had different wake-up times compared to others, so some woke up at around 6:00 am. Thankfully, these were the ponies who weren't caught by Munna.
The giant Munna had lifted them all with Psychic as they surrounded them in a prison made of hard steel.
"This won't stop us!" Applejack dreamt for her hooves being as strong as steel. She bucked on the prison bars, breaking them with ease. The Munna then scattered about to catch them all from different sides.
"Oh no, you don't! Piplup! Whirlpool!" Dawn commanded her Piplup as it released a barrage of huge whirlpools which caught the Munna in it.
Unfortunately, somepony had been caught by a sneak attack Munna. A tiny one even. Pinkie Pie was the next to have her dream devoured.
"Pinkie Pie!" They all cried out. Soon all the Munna became smarter and smarter. Some had even turned invisible. One had chomped on Brock's dream next. To stop this, Ash made Pikachu toss a huge electroweb, however, the Munna had adapted so far to the point where Electric Type moves became an immunity to them.
"They're immune now! Then we'll have to use moves we don't know! Pikachu! Dragon Claw!" Using the power of his imagination in his dreams, Ash made it so that Pikachu can now use Dragon Claw, knocking away the Munna with such great range.
"We only have 6 minutes left!" Celestia said.
"Sister. You must wake up now! We can handle the rest."
"Are you sure Luna? This is taking everypony to handle this."
"I am sure. It may all be overwhelming but it is still something that I can handle. You have to raise the sun to wake everypony up!"
"Very well. But how am I going to-" Luna slapped Celestia, which made her wake up. "Ow!" Celestia held her cheek as she flew out of her bed. "Alright everypony. It's time to wake up!" Celestia's horn glowed as she began to raise up the sun, much faster this time.
Time was running short. Other ponies had their dreams eaten as Darkrai kept giving them all nightmares repeatedly.
"Oh no... I think I'm fully charged." Rainbow Dash was next to wake up. "See you on the outside!" She had woken up, vanishing from the dream world.
"It seems that my time up is almost up, darlings. Good luck!" Rarity followed suit.
In order to end this all in one final last-ditch effort. The Munna all charged in from all sides.
"They're gonna crash into us?!" Dawn yelled.
"Oh no, they won't!" As the Munna's closed in, Ash dreamt up him and Pikachu being micro-sized as they avoided the charging Munna's. Everypony came up with their own creative ideas to avoid the Munna's over and over again. Making it like a game of cat and mouse.
And now. Only 7 seconds remain.
"Time's almost up!" Fluttershy exclaimed. The sun was at its highest point now.
"Great! Now we just have t-" From behind, Munna was about to deliver a sneak attack on Ash.
"ASH LOOK OUT!" They all pointed. Twilight dreamt herself of being an alicorn as she zoomed in, rescuing Ash from the Munna.
"Nice save Twilight!" Time was finally up. The sun was up, ponies were waking up one by one along with Pokemon and humans. Ash had woken up along with Pikachu. Then Twilight, then Fluttershy and so on.
"We're up! Finally!" Ash said.
"Pika!"
"It's not over yet. There are still others who haven't woken up yet. And my nightmares are still in play." Darkrai replied.
"What do we do then?" Applejack said.
Luna emerged from the Dream World. Her time was up. "There is only one thing left to do." Luna knew of one way to wake everypony up. She flew into the air as she used her Royal Canterlot Voice.
"AWAKEN, CITIZENS OF PONYVILLE!"
That woke them all up. Some fell out of their beds as others jumped up from the shock of the loud voice. All of Ponyville had woken up.
"Ugh... now of all times?" Lyra said, wanting to go back to bed. Munna had left the Dream World as well. The ponies over at Canterlot woke up earlier than most so it could not get as many as it wanted from that side. Only Ponville was its best option. Munna rose up into the air with its eyes glowing. Unfortunately, one thing that the Rift didn't take into play was Munna's stamina. After all of that chasing and eating, it was tired. Which is why it left the Dream World. It was aiming for the nightmares but it ran out of steam. Then the Dream Eater Pokemon had snapped out of it, fainting. But not before it gave off a pink mist.
"It's over. Oh, thank goodness." Fluttershy sighed with relief.
"Congratulations. You've waited out the Munna and night." The Rift had appeared congratulating them. "To be honest, I was getting bored until the second half. This short little event has been fun and all. But I cannot wait to see the next one." The Rift had gone off once more, back to its own realm where it dwells.
"I can't stand that thing." Rainbow Dash said.
"At least it's all over now. Now we just wait for the nightmares to be over. My, that was weird..." Applejack was still taken aback by how wild that was even for a dream.
This pandemonium that was to befall upon the Dream World was at the end of the day, Munna. It may have been short, but this will be a night that nopony will ever forget.
